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ELIYASSA'N'F'ORD, OF MERIDEN, CONNECTICUT.

Batters Patent No. 75,299, dated March 10 1868.

IMPROVEMENT IN XOKE'FQB. HORSES.

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' TO ALL WHOM ITM'AY cononnu: i I 4 r .Be it known that]; ELI AS SANFORD, of Mexiden in the county of New Haverf, and Smile of Connecticut;

have invented a new and useful Improvement in Yokes for Horses; and I do hereby dcolare the following, when -taken in connection with the aocompanying drawings, and letters of reference marked thereon,-to he a full, olearg andexactdesoripeion of the same, and n'liiqh saiddrawings constitute part/of this specification; and represent, in-'- r V r v V Fignxe 1,} side view-of my improvediyoke.

Figure 2,'a section of the same. 3 Similaz' letters of reference indicate like parts.- 7 I I I myiingeniinn consistsjnthe appliQM-iOn to horses of a yoke similar to 'thet used for oxen, i'mierted for the iii {pose of adraught attaohment; thereby doing avyay wijzh lthe useof a whiflle-tree.

Toenabl others skilled in the art; to make and use my invehtion, I will proceed to describe the construction and operation of the some. i

' A rs the beamof .the yoke, constructed of wood or othersuitnblo material. B B arehemes-to borrespond with the hows of an ox-yoke, end are attaqhed to the'collur injhe same manner as in an ordinary harness. G

is a draught -ring, elevated above the beam, by means of a. bar or band of iron,- at, in order to distribute the .dranghf; properly upon the collars and sholildersfof t hevhorses Dis a plate, fastened by means of a set-screw, b,' to the under side of' the heam,,through 'whichtfho ends oft-he berries-B 13 :pass, (see fig..-2,).by menns of a slot- This plate mdyhe moved to the right or left, th'nsl movingihehume s in a corresponding direction; as

shown byred andblue lines in'fig. 2. The object ofithis'js tio keep the hames.perpcndi cnlani rhen the beam cannot be maintained in'e horizontal position.

Haring thus fully described my inventiongwhafil.claim as new and useful; and desireio secure by Letters Patent, is v I I v I d l 1. The'peculior' construction of the o'rdinaryhames, such as are used in druught-hnrness fez-horses, so as to dispense with traces, and connect" them fordranght with a been: or yoke passing under the horses necks, by lengthening and extendingdownwards through mortise's 'in thoends of said yoke, and fastened hy pin on the 'ilnder side, as shown in the drawings.

Z The slideplz to D, seoured to theunder part of the heain, by which mcans the hamos niay be adjusted io'the necks of the horses, andthen firmly secured in position-by the set-screw, as shown in. the drawings.

' ELIAS SANFORD.

Witnesses:

Rs'rcnmrn HICKe, H. J. Cannon, 

